Hosea 8 – NIV & GKY

New International Version

Hosea 8:1-14

Israel to Reap the Whirlwind

1“Put the trumpet to your lips!

An eagle is over the house of the Lord

because the people have broken my covenant

and rebelled against my law.

2Israel cries out to me,

‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’

3But Israel has rejected what is good;

an enemy will pursue him.

4They set up kings without my consent;

they choose princes without my approval.

With their silver and gold

they make idols for themselves

to their own destruction.

5Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!

My anger burns against them.

How long will they be incapable of purity?

6They are from Israel!

This calf—a metalworker has made it;

it is not God.

It will be broken in pieces,

that calf of Samaria.

7“They sow the wind

and reap the whirlwind.

The stalk has no head;

it will produce no flour.

Were it to yield grain,

foreigners would swallow it up.

8Israel is swallowed up;

now she is among the nations

like something no one wants.

9For they have gone up to Assyria

like a wild donkey wandering alone.

Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.

10Although they have sold themselves among the nations,

I will now gather them together.

They will begin to waste away

under the oppression of the mighty king.

11“Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,

these have become altars for sinning.

12I wrote for them the many things of my law,

but they regarded them as something foreign.

13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,

and though they eat the meat,

the Lord is not pleased with them.

Now he will remember their wickedness

and punish their sins:

They will return to Egypt.

14Israel has forgotten their Maker

and built palaces;

Judah has fortified many towns.

But I will send fire on their cities

that will consume their fortresses.”

Holy Bible in Gĩkũyũ

Hosea 8:1-14

Isiraeli Kũgetha Kĩhuhũkanio

18:1 Ndar 10:2; Jer 4:13; Hos 4:6“Huhai karumbeta mwĩhũge!

Thũ ĩrerete igũrũ rĩa nyũmba ya Jehova ta nderi,

tondũ andũ nĩmathũkĩtie kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa,

na makarega watho wakwa.

2Isiraeli nĩarangaĩra, akoiga atĩrĩ,

‘Wee Ngai witũ, nĩtũkũmenyete!’

3No Isiraeli nĩaregete ũndũ ũrĩa mwega;

nĩ ũndũ ũcio thũ nĩĩkamũingatithia.

4Marũgamagia athamaki matarĩ na rũtha rwakwa,

magathuura anene itametĩkĩrĩtie.

Methondekagĩra mĩhianano

na betha na thahabu ciao,

nayo ĩgatuĩka ya kũmaniina.

58:5 Jer 13:27; Hos 10:5Wee Samaria-rĩ, te mũhianano wa ngai ĩyo ya njaũ!

Marakara makwa nĩmakanĩte harĩ yo.

Nĩ nginya-rĩ megũtũũra maremetwo nĩgũikara marĩ atheru?

6Acio moimĩte Isiraeli!

Njaũ ĩno nĩ mũturi ũmĩthondekete;

yo ti Ngai.

Njaũ ĩyo ya Samaria-rĩ,

nĩĩkoinangwo icunjĩ.

78:7 Thim 22:8; Gũcook 28:38“Mahaandaga rũhuho,

makagetha kĩhuhũkanio;

ngano ndĩrĩ na magira,

ndĩngiumia mũtu;

korwo no ĩciare ngano,

andũ a kũngĩ nĩo mangĩmĩrĩa.

88:8 Jer 51:34Isiraeli nĩameretio;

rĩu arĩ gatagatĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ

ahaana ta kĩndũ gĩtarĩ bata.

9Nĩgũkorwo nĩmambatĩte, magathiĩ Ashuri,

ta ndigiri ya gĩthaka ĩkĩũrũra ĩrĩ iiki.

Efiraimu nĩeyendetie kũrĩ endwa ake.

108:10 Kĩam 16:12; Ezek 16:37O na gũtuĩka nĩmeyendetie gatagatĩ-inĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ,

rĩu nĩngũmacookanĩrĩria hamwe.

Mekwambĩrĩria kũhinyara,

mahinyĩrĩirio nĩ mũthamaki ũrĩa ũrĩ hinya.

11“O na gũtuĩka Efiraimu nĩakĩte igongona nyingĩ

cia kũrutagĩrwo maruta ma kũhoroherio mehia,

icio ituĩkĩte igongona cia kwĩhagĩria.

12Ndaamandĩkĩire maũndũ maingĩ watho-inĩ wakwa,

no makĩmatua taarĩ maũndũ mageni.

138:13 Jer 7:21; Hos 7:2Marutaga magongona marĩa ndeheirwo,

magacooka makarĩa nyama icio,

no Jehova ndakenagio nĩmo.

Na rĩrĩ, nĩekũririkana waganu wao,

na aherithie mehia mao.

Nao nĩmagacooka bũrũri wa Misiri.

148:14 Gũcook 32:18; Thab 95:6Isiraeli nĩariganĩirwo nĩ ũrĩa wamũmbire,

na agaaka nyũmba cia ũnene;

Juda nĩairigĩire matũũra maingĩ na thingo cia hinya.

No nĩngarehere matũũra mao manene mwaki

ũrĩa ũgaacina ciikaro ciao iria ciirigĩtwo na hinya.”